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Medfield ends the regular season 18-0; Duxbury and Bishop Feehan meet unbeaten

Medfield won 7-1 at Hopkinton to finish the regular season 18-0, Cohasset was tied 2-2 by Hull, Granby won its third straight Western Mass. Class D title, and Duxbury plays at Bishop Feehan on Monday with neither team beaten.

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Medfield won 7-1 at Hopkinton on Saturday and finished the regular season 18-0. It is the only MIAA team without a loss or a tie, and it has no game left on the MIAA schedule before the Nov. 3 rankings cutoff.

Medfield scored 92 goals and allowed 13. Thirteen of its 18 wins came by four goals or more, and only one came by a single goal, 4-3 at Franklin on Oct. 13. It beat Concord-Carlisle 6-1, Oliver Ames 3-0 and Dover-Sherborn 4-0, and it went 15-0 in the Tri-Valley League. Medfield was No. 1 in Division 3 in the MIAA power rankings released Friday, with the highest rating in the state. Hopkinton, No. 18 in Division 1, also lost to Medfield 3-1 on Sept. 11.

Four other MIAA teams have no losses. All four have ties, and two of them play each other on Monday, Nov. 2.

Duxbury at Bishop Feehan

Duxbury (14-0-4), No. 1 in Division 2, plays at Bishop Feehan (14-0-3), No. 5 in Division 1, on Monday, Nov. 2, at 4 p.m.

Feehan beat Chelmsford 6-0 at home on Saturday. Tia LaBrecque scored three of the goals and has 14 this season. Feehan has allowed six goals in 17 games and has 12 shutouts. Its ties are 2-2 with La Salle Academy (R.I.) on Sept. 28, 0-0 with Masconomet on Oct. 13 and 0-0 at Notre Dame (Hingham) on Oct. 26.

Duxbury has allowed eight goals in 18 games, with 11 shutouts. Its ties are two with Whitman-Hanson, one at Norwell and one with Hingham. It last played on Thursday, Oct. 29, a 6-0 win over Marshfield.

Cohasset tied again

Cohasset (15-0-2), No. 1 in Division 4, drew 2-2 with Hull at home on Friday. Cohasset beat Hull 2-0 on Oct. 19. Its other tie was 3-3 at Norwell on Oct. 5. Hull, No. 3 in Division 5, is 7-5-3.

Cohasset hosts Sandwich (14-2), No. 5 in Division 4, on Monday at 6 p.m. Cohasset won the first meeting 3-2 at Sandwich on Sept. 10. Sandwich has won seven straight.

Granby wins Western Mass. Class D

Granby beat Hopkins Academy 3-1 on Sunday at Chicopee Comprehensive for its third straight Western Mass. Class D title. Margo Healy scored twice and assisted Kalli White on the third goal. Morgan Augustin scored for Hopkins Academy, No. 4 in Division 5. Granby, No. 1 in Division 5, is 16-0-3.

Norwell beats Spellman

Norwell, No. 3 in Division 3, beat Cardinal Spellman 4-1 at home on Friday. It has won five straight since a 0-0 draw at Hingham on Oct. 17 and is 12-1-4. Its only loss was 4-2 at Oliver Ames on Sept. 19. Norwell is also the only team to tie both Cohasset and Duxbury, 3-3 and 2-2. It hosts Weston on Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Cardinal Spellman, No. 7 in Division 3, is 13-2-2. Its other loss was 2-1 at Bishop Fenwick on Oct. 19. It hosts Fontbonne on Monday at 4 p.m.

Two other teams in the top 10 of their divisions lost on Friday. Dedham, No. 11 in Division 3, beat Hopedale 4-1 at home, two days after a 3-0 loss at Medway. Hopedale, No. 2 in Division 5, is 13-3-1 and plays at Foxborough on Monday at 5:30 p.m. Belchertown, No. 8 in Division 3, beat Mount Greylock 4-0 at home. Aubrey Klingensmith, Hannah Fillion, Lainey Holt and Morghan Litz scored, and Lily Mann had two assists. Mount Greylock, No. 8 in Division 4, is 13-3-1.

Division 1's top four

Wellesley, No. 1, beat Arlington 2-1 at home on Saturday and is 13-1-3. The loss ended a three-game winning streak for Arlington, which hosts Lexington (No. 13) on Monday at 6:30 p.m. Lexington beat Lincoln-Sudbury 4-0 at home on Thursday. Wellesley plays at Weymouth on Monday at 5:30 p.m.

Needham, No. 2, drew 0-0 at Lincoln-Sudbury on Saturday, its second tie in three games after a 1-1 draw at Braintree on Oct. 26. It is 13-1-3 and plays at Natick on Monday at 6 p.m.

Concord-Carlisle, No. 3, beat Westford Academy 2-0 at home on Friday. It has won seven straight since the loss at Medfield and is 15-2. It plays at Franklin (14-3), No. 4, on Monday at 4:30 p.m. Franklin's last game was the 4-3 loss at King Philip on Thursday.

Also on Monday: Brookline (No. 8) plays at Braintree (No. 6) at 4 p.m., and Newburyport (15-1-1), No. 11 in Division 2, plays at Central Catholic (15-2), No. 9 in Division 1, at 5 p.m. Newburyport has 16 straight shutouts.

At the line

The top 32 teams in each division's power rankings qualify for the tournament regardless of record. Teams ranked 33rd or lower need a .500 record or better to reach a play-in game. That leaves teams with losing records inside the top 32 depending on where they finish in the rankings.

Westborough (7-8-1), No. 28 in Division 1 on Friday, lost 6-0 at King Philip on Saturday, its third loss in four games. It has no game left on the MIAA schedule. King Philip, No. 3 in Division 2, won for the second time in three days and is 12-3-3.

In Division 2, Nashoba (No. 32) beat Medway 1-0 on Saturday, its third straight 1-0 win, and is 6-10-2. Mansfield (No. 30) drew 1-1 at Westwood and is 2-8-7. Neither has a game left. Ashland (No. 29) lost 2-0 at Wayland and is 5-10-2; it hosts Norwood on Monday at 7 p.m.

Chelmsford, No. 31 in Division 1, lost 1-0 at Billerica on Thursday and 6-0 at Feehan on Saturday. At 9-5-4 it is above .500, so it qualifies either way. In Division 3, Falmouth (No. 32) lost 3-1 at home to Old Rochester on Friday, six days after winning 3-0 at ORR. Old Rochester (No. 35) is 9-7-1 and Falmouth is 11-5-2.

Two Division 1 teams with losing records play on Monday: Plymouth North (No. 30, 5-9-3) at Bridgewater-Raynham at 4 p.m., and Weymouth (No. 26, 4-12-1) against Wellesley.

Around the state

Friday: Beverly (No. 10 in Division 1) beat Melrose 3-2. Sasha Miller scored twice and Jaydin Simpson once. Beverly is 14-1-2 and plays at Gloucester on Monday at 4:30 p.m. Notre Dame (Hingham) and Ursuline Academy drew 1-1; Elena Snyder (FC Stars) scored for Ursuline. Greater Lowell Tech beat Diman 2-0 and is 14-1; Paityn Lemay had both assists. Somerset Berkley won 3-0 at Archbishop Williams and is 15-2-1. Uxbridge beat Notre Dame (Worcester) 5-0, Dartmouth beat New Bedford 6-0, and Douglas (No. 3 in Division 4) drew 1-1 with Algonquin.

Saturday: Milton beat Brockton 5-0. Marblehead won 3-1 at Newton South. Sutton (No. 2 in Division 4) beat Tantasqua 7-0. Advanced Math and Science won 6-0 at Quaboag and is 14-2. Rockport beat Gloucester 5-1. Attleboro beat North Attleborough 1-0.

Also from Thursday, Oct. 29: East Longmeadow beat Amherst-Pelham 6-1, with two goals and an assist from Lauren Jarry. Somerville and Medford drew 3-3, and Holbrook won 8-0 at Randolph.

Statewide leaders

MIAA players only. Totals are from The Mass Pitch's leaderboard.

Goals: Taylor Bello (Hingham) 34; Natalya Raiford (Academy of Notre Dame) 30; Sidney Heavey (Medfield) 27; Sarah Tressler (Central Catholic) 25; Natalie Stouch (Acton-Boxborough) and Mila Dillard (Pope Francis) 21.

Assists: Brynn Dwyer (Cohasset) 17; Bello 14; Maggie Blosser (Masconomet) 9; Tressler, Dillard, Chloe Fourtzialas (Central Catholic) and Aryanna Lee (Mashpee) 8.

Key dates

Ranks in this roundup are from the MIAA's Friday, Oct. 30 release. Records run through Sunday. The regular season and the rankings cutoff end Tuesday, Nov. 3, and the MIAA releases its brackets on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 1 p.m. Friday's full tables are in our Oct. 30 power rankings, and the first-round pairings they produced are in our Oct. 30 projected brackets. The previous roundup covered Oct. 28-29.

Card photo: First Parish in Medfield, by Marcbela, Wikimedia Commons (public domain).

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